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The first wild foods of spring are almost here 🌿

Published 17 days ago • 1 min read

Learning Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World

with Laura Lawrence

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Hi Friend,

One of my favorite things about spring isn’t just the garden waking up…

It’s the wild foods that show up before anything else is ready.​

Every year, right about this time, the woods and yard begin offering their first gifts:

• tender dandelion greens
• ramps
• the first edible plants of the season

These early greens have been gathered for generations because they’re some of the first fresh foods after a long winter. Many wild greens like nettles, ramps, and dandelions appear in early spring and are commonly used in soups, sautés, salads, and pestos.

And the best part?

They’re free food growing right outside your door.

On the homestead we love using these early greens in simple recipes—sautéed, mixed into eggs, or added to soups. They bring fresh flavor right when we’re all craving something green again.

I put together a post sharing:

🌿 Some of the spring greens we forage
🌿 How we use them in our kitchen
🌿 A few of our favorite simple recipes

You can read it here:

👉 https://foodprood.com/spring-foraged-greens-and-recipes/​

If you’ve never tried foraging for spring greens before, this might be the year to start.

God has a way of providing food exactly when we need it—sometimes growing quietly under last year’s leaves.

Let me know if you’ve ever cooked with spring foraged greens!

Faith – Family – Food

Laura
FoodProod Homestead
​https://foodprood.com​

"Laura teaches classes that give you all the tools for the subject at hand, simplifies and gives you the tools to delve in with both feet on your own."

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Food Prood - Laura Lawrence

Learning Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World

Hi, I’m a homesteader in Northern Michigan with nearly 30 years of hands-on experience in self-sufficiency, natural living, and traditional skills. Over the years, I’ve built a life rooted in growing, making, and doing — and I love sharing what we do and how we do it to help others create their own empowered path.

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